The Langoonans lived as slaves of the Hutt species and served them well enough to become a favored slave species among their masters. This situation changed, however, after the Langoonans unsuccessfully attempted to rebel against the Hutts, at which point their society was stripped of technology. The small Langoonan population that survived was preserved by the Hutts for use in safaris, where they hunted the slave species as prey.[2]

The Hutt Durga Besadii Tai considered Langoonan deathmasks a treasure.

The Langoonans' homeworld was considered part of Hutt Space as early as 25,000 BBY.[4] The natives were, at some stage, enslaved by the Hutts, who controlled the area of space in which the Langoona system was located. After pleasing the Hutts sufficiently to become considered a favored species, the Langoonans rebelled against their masters; ultimately, unsuccessfully. The Hutts drove the Langoonans to the edge of extinction and stripped them of all their technology. The master species then maintained a small population of Langoonans for use in safaris.[2] By 1 BBY, Langoonan deathmasks had become valuable pieces of art, at least for certain Hutts, such as Durga Besadii Tai, head of the BesadiiKajidic. Durga gave one mask as a gift to Jiliac Desilijic Tiron, head of the Desilijic kajidic, in 1 BBY as a sign that he intended to kill her.[1] Langoona was still considered within Hutt Space as late as 137 ABY.[5]